Custom Protocol Decodes

Decode As... lets you choose a specific protocol to decode your traffic
that is running on a non-default port. This can be very useful for HTTP
traffic running on other than port 80, or a variety of RTP scenarios. You may
specify up to 10 different rules.

Wireless Decryption Options

Advanced Protocol Preferences

Advanced Protocol Preferences can change the way the underlying packet decode engine processes packets.
This allows advanced users to specificially tweak different aspects of the decode.

Preference Name

About

Value

Default

eth.check_fcs

Whether to validate the Frame Check Sequence

FALSE

dcerpc.desegment_dcerpc

Whether the DCE/RPC dissector should reassemble messages spanning multiple TCP segments. To use this option, you must also enable "Allow subdissectors to reassemble TCP streams" in the TCP protocol settings.

FALSE

wlan.check_checksum

Whether to validate the FCS checksum or not.

FALSE

Enable/Disable Protocols

It is possible to enable to disable specific protocols and heuristic decoders to assist in certain advanced
analysis situations.